Cover for pressing members of clothes-pressing machines.



T. D. PALMER. COVER FOR PRESSING MEMBERS OF CLOTHES PRESSING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED JULY 5. 1913.

1,177,572. Patented Mar. 28,1916.

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' i nEoDoRE n, PALMER, o sYaAcUsE, NEW YonK, Assumes. '10 T. n. mtmnn COMPANY, or SYRACUSE, NEW You, A conroimrion.

covnn FOR PRESSING MEMBERS or enemas-reassure riacmmas.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, -THED0RE D. PALMER,

a citizen of the United States of America, v v Y size WhlCh will coverv one. Of the entirepres residing at the city of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Pressing Members of'Cl'othes-Pressing Machines, of which the following'is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in covers for the pressing members of clothes pressing and like machines.

-In certain clothes pressing machines the pressing heads and bucks are provided, for

certain classes of work, with a large recess 'or concave depression,- and. difficulty has been experienced in making a cover which can be readily applied to and-removed from the pressing member or members and at the same timefit or follow the contour of the concave depression gmentionedl This ditficu'lty has been overcome by-the present in- 'vention by which I produce a cover which maybe formed. of textile'material such as canvas or other -suitable flexible substance and may be integral or consist'of a number of pieces sewn or otherwise inter-connected 3 and provided around its marginal edge with a cord, string or equivalent, by which the cover may be stretched tightly over the pressing member and secured thereon in a readily detachable manner. w

.The invention consists-therefore in the novel shape, arrangement, and combination of. the component members of'the cover and the, method'of ten'sioning same as hereinafter fully described and specifically point.- ed'out in the appended-claims, reference being made to the accompanying drawings which show one embodiment of the improved cover and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a clothes pressing machine provided with my .invention. Fig. "2 is-a perspective view. of themain body of mycover. Fig. 3-is a per spective view of the reverse side of the completed cover. Fig. 4 is-a detail of; the tie piece. Fig. 5 is a detail of the yoke used tov bind the tie piece to themain body of the 5 cover. Fig.6 is'a view; showing the parts 1 A, -H and. J, partially connected together. Fig.' 7 is a view of the portions, A, H and J entirely connected together zsfthey are before folding, for the purpose of forminga 55 channel for the string,p

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

other end provided with a' concave.

site edge of which is attached-theitie pieceor thickness of the pressing memberJt-The edge.

pressing member with the yoke appli'ed to p Application meme 5,1913. Serial n6. i77 3s 7.1

Simlar-letters re fer to I .throughout-theseveral,views;

The main body, A, o'f'the com-1 ,0

ing members, B, B, these pressingniembers 2 being rounded at one end, I), b', and,at ;th'e

, Q 5 c, 0. To accomplish this, the covenis ioj' d; ed atone end,.d, tofitthe roundd ld 113.- of the pressing member,:= B,j the' ther- 5 end provided with .a concaverecess, f lowed at each side by convex'ly cllrved edges, g, g, which are continued by iilin ca'vely ,fthexion' pressing inember. To the edgefof the" -recess, f, and edges, g", b,,aiof.thefmain body piece, A, is sewn or otherwise sillitably Latcached one'edge ofthe yoke,j-H, to the op tensioning member J;,whi :h is., shaped as shown in Figst and 4 to correspdi djjto the edges, f, g, k,"ef the main body piece, Theyoke, H, is of. a Width appropriatetothe ofthe body member, A, is aIsoconneCted tQ' the t1e piece at the points, 1, n, showniinFigi;

'3. Thetie piece also has a curved edge,

The outeriedge, m, of thebody memb'en except where it is conneetedto-the tie piece, J,

and yoke, H, is turned over and hemme'd' r otherwise dealt with toform a channelior the reception of a cord, string, or equivale'nt,

and the curvededge, O, 'otthe tie'p'iece, 'J,-1s similarly dealt with in continuation'of the'channel of the bodymeinber, as shown in Fig. 3, the-cord thus extending aroundthe entire [inner circumferencefwith. itsfll s ends at S. I I -r The tie piece may also be provided with apertures, V, 'V", when required forthe' pasej'g g" sage of bolts or other fasteningmeans, by

which an additional support sometimes used may be attached to the pressing member.

From the above description, it! will-lbe ap{ parent that the-covermay be.passdover the.

the recess or conc aveldepression, 0,, in end thereof, and. that by the described t f chee g. .t'ensibn' a n be e.

suring roper tit of the cover" at the recessed 1 to end 'of the member due 'to such tension.

' When the (30"81 stretched the ends of the string may be tied to secure the cover in place, and it will also be evident that the removal is equally easy by simply untying the string to release the tension and stripping the cover from the pressing member. 'r

I do not limit'myself to the exact shape or arrangement of the parts above described and illustrated in .the drawing, since the same might be varied Without departing from the spirit of my invention.-

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: v

" 1. A cover for the pressing members clothes pressing-and like machines, having a body-portion; a tie piece in a different plane to, the body portion and a yoke member, the

latter connected at opposite edges to the vedges of the body portion and tie piece.

2-. A coverfor the pressing members of clothes pressing and like Tmachines, compris ing abodyportion; a tie piece; a yoke con"- has been sufliciently necting said portions; a tension cord inclosed by the tree marginal edge of the tie piece and body portion, whereby tension is exerted to causev the yoke to follow the con-1 tour of a concave depression in the pressing member. 1

'3. A coverfor the pressing members of clothes pressing and like machines consisting of flexible material shapedjat one end to produce a concave depression or recess, hav ng a body portion and t1e piece 1n a difierent plane to the body portion and a yoke member with a tensioning cordinclosed in the greater part of the marginal edge of 

